stening comprehension testing in the U.K. 63-64
2.5 Listening comprehension testing: post-World War II period 64-70
2.5.1 Overseas studies 65-68
2.5.2 Studies in China 68-70
2.6 Progress in listening comprehension testing: after the 1980s 70-76
2.6.1 Progress made in people’s knowledge about listening competence 71-72
2.6.2 A framework for listening comprehension 72-75
2.6.3 Progress made in theories concerning the effect of test method 75-76
2.7 Formats of listening comprehension sub-tests in some famous English proficiency tests 76-77
2.8 Conclusion 77-78
Chapter 3 A Tentative Analysis of and Comment on TEM4 and TEM8 Listening Comprehension Test Papers in Use 78-97
3.1 Test authenticity 79-84
3.2 TEM4 and TEM8 item type analysis 84-85
3.3 TEM4 and TEM8 listening test content analysis 85-90
3.4 TEM4 and TEM8 test task analysis 90-92
3.5 Comments on the test papers in use 92-97
3.5.1 The positive side of the papers and their beneficial backwash on pedagogy 92-94
3.5.2 The imperfections of the papers and their detrimental backwash on pedagogy 94-97
Chapter 4 Listening Needs Analysis 97-124
4.1 Needs analysis 97-100
4.2 Important listening domains 100-105
4.3 Real-life listening situations and tasks 105-113
4.3.1 Varieties of English language 107-109
4.3.2 The matter of accents 109-113
4.4 Correspondence between test tasks and real-life listening activities 113-122
4.4.1 Seeking correspondence between the test taker’s psychological state and that of the non-test taker’s 115-118
4.4.1.1 The test taker’s anxiety under pressure 115-116
4.4.1.2 Some practical and feasible pressure-busters 116-118
4.4.2 Seeking correspondence between the test language and the real-life language 118-120
4.4.3 Seeking correspondence between test tasks and real-life listening activities 120-122
4.5 Conclusion 122-124
Chapter 5 Revised Test Specifications for TEM Listening Sub-tests 124-140
5.1 Test Specifications 124-126
5.2 Original test specifications for TEM4 listening sub-test 126-127
5.3 Revised test specifications for TEM4 listening sub-test 127-132
5.4 Original test specifications for TEM8 listening sub-test 132-134
5.5 Revised test specifications for TEM8 listening sub-test 134-139
5.6 Conclusion 139-140
Chapter 6 The Experimental Test and the Results Analysis 140-153
6.1 Two assumptions to be tested 140-141
6.2 Construction of the experimental test 141-142
6.3 Administration of the experimental test
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